Milk-strainer.



C. MELTZ.

MILK STRAINER.

APPucATloN man MAY 17. 1915.

1,168,532, Patented Jan. 18, 1916.

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CHRISTIAN MELTZ, OF ALLENVILLE, WISCONSIN.

MILK-STRAINER.

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Application filed May 17, 1915.

To all u-/iom it muy concern Be it known that I, CrinIsTIAN MELTZ, a citizen oia the United States. residing at Allenville, in the county of Winnebago and State of `VFisconsin, have invented a new and useful ll/ iillotltrainen of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to a device for straining milk as it is poured from a pail into the milk can in which it is shipped to the Creamery, cheese factory, or city distributer, and it consists vof a stand in which a pan is supported, the pan having a dishing bottom with a centrally arranged 'flat circular center, perforated with a plurality of fine holes. The pan is supported upon the stand at such a height that the milk can run from the strainer intothe milk cans. Across the top of the pan a cloth strainer is secured which may depend into the pan and rest upon its bottom. At a short distance below the bottom of said pan, a second cloth strainer is arranged and is supported upon the girts of the stand. This receives the milk as it falls from the pan and strains it into the milk can. The strainers are so made that there will be at the least three thicknesses ot cloth and may be any desired number more than that. This stand is so made that its feet can rest upon the upper end of a standard size ot' milk can, or upon a somewhat similar stand within which any size of milk can can be placed for receiving the milk as it is strained.

The invention is shown in the accompanying drawing in which- Figure 1 is a plan ot' the pan top within the legs of the stand, and showing the pan bottom. Fig. 2 is a plan of the pan top within the leg` tops, the legs being turned around from those in F ig. l, with a cloth strainer secured around the leg tops across the pan. Fig. 3 is a side elevation of a stand upon which the pan is supported,`with a strainer cloth secured in position above the pan, the second strainer cloth arranged across the stand below the pan for straining the milk into the milk can, a milk can, and outside ot the milk can, a second stand upon which the irst one is supported, the legs of the upper stand being positioned as in Fig. f2. Fig. 4 is a plan of a frame over which the second strainer is secured. Fig. 5 is an end view of the second named strainer cloth. Fig. 6 is an edge view of one of the feet of the legs.

Specification of Letters Patent.v

Serial No. 28,607.

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l, indicates the top of the pan; 2, its inclined bottom.

Fig. shows a Vertical rim around the pan, which yalthough not a necessity, is well yto use; 3, its circular and `flat bottom' 4f perfor-ations of approximately le of an inch in diameter, through the central part of the bottom; 5, legs of theupper stand; 6, a ring around the stand near the upper ends of the legs upon which the wire rim 7, of the pan rests; 8, rivets for securing the ring to the legs. of in. galvanized band metal secured to each other with rivets in a well known manner.

9, are connecting girts below the ring 6, spaced from the ring, from each other and from the lower ends of the legs. The girts or stretchers 9 are preferably straight from one leg to the other as is shown in dotted lines in Fig. l.

l0, are legs of the lower stand. This lower' stand is made in a manner similar to theupper stand and its purpose is to support the upper stand. If the milk cans are all of one diameter in oneestablishment, the upper stand may be made to be supported upon the upper ends of the cans, by means of its feet 20, but when they are of various diameters, the lowerr stand is brought into use, cans of any diameter then being placed within the rings ll, said rings connecting the legs together.

l2, indicates side pieces of a skeleton frame for a strainer; 18, cross pieces for said frame, over which the lower strainer cloth 14, is placed said strainer being of a pillow case type, it having two edges sewed together lengthwise thereof, and is open at one or both ends as desired. It is to be placed upon the trame slack, so that it will sag in the center of the frame as is shown 1n Fig. 8.

The milk as it is poured into the pan will filter through the cloth of the upper strainer and fall through the holes 4 and drop to the strainer below it in numerous small streams 18, which streams being exposed to the air in falling become cooled. 1When the milk falls from the upper into the lower strainer it causes the cloth to sag and the milk will tall from it in a single stream so that it will enter a. smallr mouthed can as in Fig. 8, at 15. 16, indicates the upper ends of the Patented J an. 18, i916.y

The ring` and legs may be made H legs 5 and should extend two or three inches above the ring 'ii for providing a fastening means for the strainer cloth r17, said cloth lbeing secured by tying as in Figs, 2 and 3,

or otherwise. rIhe cloth ld may be secured. upon the frame for'it in a similar manner.

flfhe strainer upon the skeleton frame is placed across the girts 9, but is not fastened thereto. rhis strainer may be applied in various ways across the pan top, one of which is shown in Fig. 2.

as it can be secured in various ways.

19, is a milk can and 20, feet upon the legs 5 for hooking over the ring 1l ofthe lower stand. n f

Having described my invention, what l claim and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is,'-` Y l. A Vmilk strainer comprising a stand having a plurality of legsand connectingv l girts wnich are adapted to support a milk pan and be arranged above a milk can, a pan arranged near the Lipper end of the stand having a bottom inclined downward and inward toward its center, a series of perforations through its bottom around its center, a cloth strainer secured in position across the pan and permitted to sag toward its bottom yand to receive milk and strain the same,

a skeleton frame consisting of' two side strips and two cross strips connected to the si de strips with an open space inside of the four strips, and adapted to be supported upon the girts of the stand, a strainer clothof a pillow slip or bag type inclosing said Y frame and permitted to sag through and below said open space, and being adapted to Yreceive milk from the first named strainer and strain the same into a milk can.

2; A` milk strainer comprising a stand having connecting girts, a pan supported upon the stand having a bottomA inclined downward and inward toward vits center, a series of perforations through the bottom around itscenter, a cloth strainersecured across the pan vand permitted to sag toward `itsbottom and to receive milk and strain (Jopesl of this patent Vmay be obtained for A rectangular' piece of cloth l?, is taken and is torn or cut the same, a skeleton frame consisting of two side strips and two cross strips connected tothe side strips Vwith anop'en space inside of the four strips arranged latwise andbeing supported upon the gii'ts of the stand, a cloth strainer around said skeleton frame adapted to sag downward through said open space and to `receiveinilk from the' first named' strainer and conduct it into a milk can arranged in position below the strainers.

3. In a milk strainer having'a pan with a perforated bottom anda cloth strainer Varranged across thc panandsdepending into the same, a stand foil supporting thefpan having three or more legsafnd airing secured to the legsa few inches belowtheir upper ends and a plurality of st retchers between the legs, spaced from said'f'ri'ng, from each other and from the lowerendsof the legs, one set of stretchers being arranged a suitable distance below the pan bottom for sujporting a horizontally arranged skeleton strainer frame, and a hook'upon the lower end of each leg adapted to hook over a similar ring as the upper ring of said stand.

4. In a milk strainer having a pan with a perforated bottom and a cloth strainer arranged across the pan and depending into the same and a stand for supporting the pan and a second strainer, supported upon said stand a second stand having three or more legs formed ofband metal and connected to each other with a ring formed of similar band metaland secured thereto near their upper ends and adapted to support the legs of the first named stand. and a second iing secured to the legs intermediate the upper ring and lower ends of the legs.

5. In a inilkstrainer comprising a pan havingv a periorated bottom `and a cloth strainer arrangedacross the pan and depending into thepan and a stand for supporting the pan, a second strainer consisting of a skeleton frame formed of two side pieces and two cross pieces connected to said side pieces with'an open space inside of said four pieces, a cloth strainer of a pillow slip or bag construction type inclosing said frame and arranged in position thereon and adapted to be supported upon the stand for receiving milk as it falls from the pan yand strain the same into a milk can. Y

'ciinisrnin i/inLTz,

i Witnesses:

C. lvi. ALBEE, H. F. QUADE.

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